THE LOVE STORY

Shannon & Jasan met in January 2007, while they were working at a country bar called McCloud’s. After a Friday night of partying, these two love birds were taking a lazy Saturday afternoon nap when they first said “I love you”…awwww. Together they enjoy dancing, eating, working out, playing cards and dice, drinking coffee, going for walks, holding hands, and a glass of wine in their backyard. They have spent half—yes half—of their married life away from each other due to Jason serving our country.

On Friday, June 8, 2007, Jason convinced Shannon to go out to the bar where they first met. When they arrived, some friends and family just happened to be there already. A bit later, Shannon & Jason were slow dancing to ‘Amazed.’ At the end of the song, Jason got down on one knee and asked Shannon a very important question. Shannon just stood there in shock, and Jason said, “Are you going to say yes or am I going to sit here on my knee all night?” She somehow got the word, “Yes,” out. Ten years and three kids later, we celebrated their vow renewal at the Pacific Views Event Center (Seaview Room).

THE PACIFIC VIEWS EVENT CENTER WEDDING RECEPTION

After the Grand Entrance, a welcome speech, dinner, an informal cake cutting, toasts, Mother-Son Dance to “Simple Man,” Lynyrd Skynyrd, Father-Daughter Dance to “Baby Blue,” George Strait, and the First Dance to “Amazed,” Lone Star, we took a group photo on the dance floor and started opening dancing. The photo booth also opened during dinner & dancing. Unfortunately, the Pacific Views Event Center did not follow our instructions and shrink down the dance floor size to 15′ x 15′ as we requested (I’m guessing they left it around 40′ x 40′). Check out the video below to see why dance floor size is such a crucial issue for maximum entertainment…..even though there are plenty of people dancing, the dance floor looked barren and empty all night (no good “packed dance floor” photos for the bride…and shy dancers not having the “cover” they need to comfortably get out on the floor–when the floor is packed, people don’t feel like spectacles out there).